Eze 11:6-7, 21:14 | Clarke

‏ Ezekiel 11:6-7

Verse 7. Your slain-they are the flesh] Jerusalem is the caldron, and those who have been slain in it, they are the flesh; and though ye purpose to stay and share its fate, ye shall not be permitted to do so, ye shall be carried into captivity.

‏ Ezekiel 21:14

Verse 14. Let the sword be doubled the third time] The sword has been doubled, and it shall come the third time. Nebuchadnezzar came against Judea THRICE. 1. Against Jehoiakim. 2. Against Jeconiah. 3. Against Zedekiah. The sword had already been doubled; it is to come now the third time, i.e., against Zedekiah.

The sword of the slain] chereb chalalim, "the sword of the soldiers," of the Chaldeans. So in the next clause, hi chereb chalal haggadol, "it is the sword of that great soldier," that eminent king and conqueror. This is the meaning of the word chalal, that is so ill rendered in almost every place of its occurrence, in our Version. See Dr. Kennicott.